Deer and Toad, Best Blue Transfer Decorated 19th C. Child's Mug ring dish then glued back together

then glued back together

I love the tiny altar boys in the foreground with priest looming large above/behind them

) These densely doodled end pages are the best though--pure visual stream of consciousness delights

and a great little object whether or not one touches it

I think of the people living in that house hearing the horn blaring and feeling the house shake every time the train passes

Deer and Toad, Best Blue Transfer Decorated 19th C. Child's Mug ring dish then glued back togetherA slew of lovely animals crossed my path this week, which I scooped up one by one or two, with a deer on one side of this 19th c. British transfer decorated child's mug, and a toad (I believe, rather than a frog) on the other. With this marvelous blue ground that feels somewhat more like the moonlit sky of evening than the sky blue of day, or almost as if viewed through night vision goggles! 3" t x 3 5 16" d x 4 1 4" across at handle . One hairline